Psalms 69
1 O God, save me, because [I am in great danger]. [It is as though] flood water is up to my neck, [and I am about to drown] [MET].
Au chef des chantres. Sur les Chochanim. De David. Viens à mon secours, ô Dieu, car les flots m’ont atteint, menaçant mes jours.
2 I continue to sink in the deep mud, and there is no solid ground for me to stand on. I am in deep water, and flood waters are swirling around me.
Je suis plongé dans la vase d’un gouffre; pas un pouce de terrain pour y poser le pied! Je suis descendu dans des eaux profondes, et les vagues me submergent.
3 I am exhausted from calling out [for help]; my throat is very dry. Because I have cried so much as I have waited for God [to help me], my eyes are swollen.
Je suis exténué à force de crier, ma gorge est enflammée, mes yeux sont éteints à force d’attendre l’aide de mon Dieu.
4 Those who hate me when there is no reason to hate me are more than the number of hairs on my head [HYP]! Those who want to get rid of me are strong, and they tell lies about me. They demand that I return to them things that I did not steal!
Plus nombreux que les cheveux de ma tête sont ceux qui me haïssent pour rien; puissants sont mes oppresseurs, qui me poursuivent de leur haine gratuite. Si je les avais lésés, déjà je leur aurais fait réparation.
5 O God, (you see the sins that I have committed/my sins are not hidden from you). You know that I have foolishly [disobeyed your laws].
O Dieu, tu serais instruit de ma folie, mes crimes ne te resteraient point cachés.
6 O Yahweh God, [you who are the commander] of the armies [of heaven], do not allow the [wrong things that] I [have done] to cause those who trust in you to be disappointed/disillusioned. O God, you whom [we] Israeli people [worship], do not allow me to cause your people to be humiliated.
Qu’ils n’aient pas à rougir à cause de moi, ceux qui espèrent en toi, Seigneur, Eternel-Cebaot! Qu’ils ne soient pas couverts de confusion à mon sujet, ceux qui te recherchent, Dieu d’Israël!
7 People have insulted/ridiculed me because [I am devoted to] you. They have thoroughly humiliated [IDM] me.
Car c’est pour toi que je supporte les insultes, que la honte couvre mon visage.
8 Even my own [older] brothers act as if they do not know me; they treat me like a foreigner.
Je suis devenu un étranger pour mes frères, un inconnu pour les fils de ma mère,
9 [Some people have despised your temple]; but my zeal for [keeping] your temple [holy] is like a fire burning inside me. So [it is as though] those who are insulting you are also insulting me.
parce que le zèle pour ta maison me dévore, et que les insultes de tes blasphémateurs retombent sur moi.
10 When I have humbled myself and (fasted/abstained from eating food) [to show my sadness about the disgraceful things that they have done to your temple], they just insult me.
Je pleure tout en m’imposant le jeûne, et ceci même a tourné à opprobre pour moi.
11 When I put on [rough] sackcloth [to show that I am sad], they laugh at [IDM] me.
J’Ai endossé comme vêtement un cilice, et suis devenu pour eux un sujet de sarcasme.
12 Even the elders [of the city] say bad things about me. The drunkards of the city sing [disgusting] songs about me.
Ceux qui sont assis aux portes déblatèrent contre moi, les buveurs de liqueurs fortes me chansonnent.
13 But Yahweh, I will [continue] praying to you. At the time that you choose, answer me and rescue me because you faithfully love me.
Toutefois, ma prière s’élève vers toi, Eternel, au moment propice; ô Dieu, dans ta bonté infinie, exauce-moi, en m’accordant ton aide fidèle.
14 Do not allow me to sink any more in the mud. Rescue me from those who hate me! Lift me up out of these deep waters!
Retire-moi du bourbier, pour que je n’y sombre pas; puissé-je être sauvé de mes ennemis et des eaux profondes!
15 Do not allow flood waters to swirl around me, do not allow the deep [mud] to swallow me; keep me from sinking into the pit [of death] [MET].
Ne permets pas que je sois submergé par la violence des flots, englouti par le gouffre; que la bouche de l’abîme ne se referme pas sur moi!
16 O Yahweh, answer my prayer and help me because you are good and love me faithfully.
Exauce-moi, Eternel, car précieuse est ta grâce; selon la grandeur de ta miséricorde, tourne-toi vers moi.
17 Do not (hide yourself from/refuse to hear) me; answer me quickly because I am in great trouble.
Ne dérobe point ta face à ton serviteur; car je suis dans la détresse, hâte-toi de m’exaucer.
18 Come near to me and save me; rescue me from my enemies.
Approche-toi de mon âme, sauve-la; à cause de mes ennemis, tire-moi du danger.
19 You know that I am insulted and that [people cause] me [to feel] ashamed and dishonored; you know [who] all my enemies [are].
Tu connais, toi, mon opprobre, ma honte, ma confusion; tous mes persécuteurs sont là devant toi.
20 [Their] insults have deeply offended me, and I (feel helpless/am in despair). I searched for [someone who would] pity [me], but there was no one. I wanted someone to encourage/comfort me, but there were none.
La honte a brisé mon cœur, j’en suis au désespoir; j’attends qu’on me plaigne, mais c’est en vain; qu’il me vienne des consolateurs: je n’en trouve point.
21 [Instead], they gave me food [that tasted like] poison, and when I was thirsty, they gave me sour wine to drink.
Dans mes aliments, ils mettent du poison; pour apaiser ma soif, ils m’abreuvent de vinaigre.
22 I hope/desire that the feasts [MTY] [that they enjoy] will (become a snare for/bring trouble to) them, and that [those whom they invite to] the sacrificial feasts will also be trapped.
Que la table dressée devant eux leur devienne un piège, qu’elle soit un traquenard pour ces gens heureux!
23 I hope/desire that their eyesight will become dim so that they cannot see anything, and that their backs/bodies will become weaker and weaker.
Que leurs yeux s’assombrissent, perdent la vue! Fais vaciller sans cesse leurs reins.
24 Show them that you are very angry with them! Because of your great/furious anger, chase after them and catch them.
Déverse sur eux ton courroux, que ton ardente colère les accable!
25 Cause their towns to become abandoned/deserted and that there will be no one left to live in their tents/houses.
Que leur demeure devienne une ruine, que dans leurs tentes il ne reste plus un habitant!
26 [Do this] because they persecute those whom you have punished, (they talk about the sins of/they want to hurt even more) those whom you have wounded.
Car ils s’acharnent contre celui que tu as frappé, et se plaisent à gloser sur les maux de tes victimes.
27 Keep making a record of all their sins, do not acquit/pardon them [for the evil things that they have done].
Mets donc à leur compte crime sur crime; qu’ils ne soient point admis à se justifier devant toi!
28 Erase their names [SYN] from the book [containing the names of those who have eternal] life; do not include them in the list of righteous people.
Qu’ils soient effacés du livre des vivants, et que parmi les justes ils ne soient point inscrits!
29 As for me, I have pain and am suffering. O God, protect me and rescue me.
Mais moi, si malheureux et si souffrant, ton secours, ô Dieu, est ma protection.
30 When God does that, I will sing as I praise God, and I will honor him by thanking him.
Je veux célébrer le nom de Dieu par des cantiques, et l’exalter par des actions de grâce,
31 My doing that will please Yahweh more than [sacrificing] oxen, more than offering him full-grown bulls.
plus agréables à l’Eternel qu’un taureau aux grandes cornes, aux puissants sabots.
32 Oppressed/Afflicted people will see [that God has rescued me], and they will be glad. I want all of you who ask God [to help you] to be encouraged.
A cette vue, les humbles seront dans la joie; vous qui êtes en quête de Dieu, votre cœur se ranimera!
33 Yahweh listens to those who are needy; He does not ignore/forget those who are oppressed/imprisoned.
Car l’Eternel prête l’oreille aux malheureux, et ses captifs, il ne les dédaigne point.
34 I desire that everything will praise God— everything that is in heaven and on earth, and all the creatures that are in the seas.
Que le ciel et la terre le glorifient, les mers et tout ce qui s’y meut!
35 God will rescue the people of Jerusalem [from their enemies], and he will rebuild the towns that are in Judah. His people will live there and [again] possess the land.
Car Dieu viendra au secours de Sion: il rebâtira les villes de Juda; on s’y établira et on en prendra possession.
36 The descendants of his people will inherit it, and those who love him will live there [safely].
C’Est la postérité de ses serviteurs qui les aura en héritage; ceux qui aiment son nom y fixeront leur demeure.
